BIOLOGY101COURSESYLLABUSFORSPRING2016
CourseDescription
Biology101isthefirstofatwo-semesterintroductorycoursesequencedesignedprimarilyforsciencemajors.Itcovers
somecentralconceptsinbiology.Topicsincludemolecules,cells,enzymes,photosynthesis,cellularrespiration,cellular
reproduction,genetics,andbiotechnology.Thelaboratoryincludesbasiclaboratoryskillssuchassafety,microscopeuse,
andmeasurement,anditreinforcestopicsdiscussedinlecture.
ThiscoursemeetstheSUNYGeneralEducationcourserequirementsfornaturalsciences.
CreditHours:4;ContactHours:5
Instructor
Dr.MichaelGregory
Office:219T,Phone:562-4336
OfficeHours:M12:00-1:30,W12:00-12:30,Th10:00-12:00,F1:15-2:15
E-mail:Michael.Gregory@clinton.edu
MaterialandInternetRequirements
Textbook–BiologybyOpenStaxCollege.Thisisafree,onlinetextbook.Thetextbookcanbedownloadedorviewedonline
usingthefollowingURL:https://www.openstaxcollege.org/textbooks/biology/get
Safetyglasses
Quad-ruledcompositionnotebook
AccesstotheInternet.
TheBiologyWeb(http://faculty.clinton.edu/faculty/Michael.Gregory/Default.htm)
containsthelabmanual,lecturenotes,andotherresourcesneededforthecourse.Alinkto
facultywebsitescanbefoundonthecollegehomepage(http://www.clinton.edu/).
StudentswillberequiredtousetheAngelonlinecoursemanagementsystemforsomeof
theassignmentsinthiscourse.
StudentsarerequiredtochecktheirClintonCommunityCollegee-mailregularly
throughoutthesemester.ImportantcourseannouncementswillbemadeviaCCCstudent
e-mailaccounts.
Prerequisite:PlacementintoMAT100orhigher;StudentsreceivingcreditforBIO101and/orBIO102
cannotreceivecreditforBIO100
Corequisite:ENG101–EnglishCompositionorequivalent;SCI110–FoundationalSkillsinScience
TheBiologyWeb
TopicsandReadingAssignments
Eachreadingassignmentsinthetablebelowshouldbecompletedwhenthetopicisdiscussedinclass.
Topic
Introduction
Life
NaturalSelection
Science
Chemistry
OrganicChemistryandBiochemistry
Cells
Membranes
Energy,Enzymes,Metabolism
GlycolysisandCellularRespiration
Photosynthesis
Mitosis
Meiosis
Genetics:Genes
Genetics:Chromosomes
DNA
GeneExpression
ControlofGeneExpressioninProkaryotes
Biotechnology
Reading
(textbookchapter)
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Exam
Exam1
2.1,2.2
2.3,3
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5
6
7
8
10
11.1
12
13
14
15
16
17
Exam2
Exam3
Part1ofFinalExam
Laboratory
LabDate
1/26
2/2
Topic
Introduction,LabSafety
MetricMeasurement
StatisticsandGraphing
2/9
WhatisScience?
2/16
2/23
3/1
3/8
3/22
3/29
4/5
4/12
Microscopy
Biochemistry
Biochemistry(Cont.)
Cells
Enzymes
CellularRespiration
Photosynthesis
MitosisandMeiosis
4/19
4/26
5/3
FinalsWeek
Nondisjunction
PedigreeAnalysis
BacterialTransformation
DNAProfiling
DueDate
Thedayofthenextlab
Submission
Onlineandlabnotebook
Groupreport,dueatthebeginningofthenext Inclass
lab
Formallabreport:DuethedayoftheCellslab Labnotebookandformal
(in4weeks).
labreport
Labnotebookswillbecollectedtoday.
Labnotebook
Drawings:beginningofnextlab
Questions:nextlabday
Nextlabday
Nextlabday
Labnotebook
Labnotebook
Labnotebook
Labnotebook
Drawings:inclass
Questions:online(Angel)
Online(Angel)
Online(Angel)
Labnotebook
Labnotebook
Labnotebook
Youshouldreadthelaboratoryexercisesbeforecomingtolabsothatyouhaveafamiliaritywiththeprocedureforthelab.
Ifthelaboratoryexerciseinvolvesexperimentation,youshouldprepareahypothesisforeachexperiment.
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Grading
GradingScale
A
A-
B+
B
B-
C+
90-100%
87-89%
84-86%
80-83%
77-79%
74-76%
C
C-
D+
D
F
70-73%
67-69%
64-66%
57-63%
<57%
FinalGrade
Item
Lectureexams(3)
Finalexam(Halfofthisexamiscumulative.)
Classassignments
Labreports–duethefollowingweek
Formallabreport
Labnotebook
%ofFinalGrade
39(13%each)
26(13%eachhalf)
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ExamandQuizSchedule
LectureExamDates
Exam
Date
Exam1*
2/22
Exam2*
3/25
Exam3*
4/15
FinalExam Finalsweek
*Datesforthefirstthreeexamsmaychange.Allchangeswillbeannouncedinclass.
FinalsWeek
Classesdonotmeetattheirnormallyscheduledtimesduringfinalsweek.BIO101willmeettwotimesfor2.5hourseach
time.ThedatesandtimesforeachsectionofBIO101willbeannouncedlater.
Make-upExams
Ifanexamcannotbetakenduringtheregularlyscheduledtime,amake-upexamcanbetakenlater.Make-upexamsmay
containmostlyessayandshort-answerquestions.
Assignments
Duedatesforthereadingassignmentswillnotbeannouncedduringclasstime.Eachreadingassignmentsshouldbe
completedwhenthetopiciscoveredinclass.
Studentsarerequiredtokeepbackupcopiesofallsubmittedassignmentsuntiltheendofthesemester.Cellphone
camerasareconvenientforphotographinghandwrittenmaterialsforbeforesubmittinginclass.Photographs,photocopies,
scans,orcomputerfilesareallgoodmethodsforkeepingbackupcopies.
Allwrittenassignmentsshouldbecompletedusingwholesentences.Abbreviatedwordsshouldnotbeused.
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Allsubmittedworkmustbeinyourownwords.Ifyouworkwithapartneronanassignmentthatrequiresindividual
submission,youmustsubmityourowndocumentusingyourownwords.Youmayobtainordiscussanswerstothe
exercisesfromanysourcethatisapplicable,butyoumustuseyourownwordstoanswerthequestionsorwritethe
reports.Documentsthatappeartohavebeencopiedfromotherswillnotreceiveagrade(grade=0).
Ifyouuseinformationfromanothersourceinanassignment,itmustbestatedinyourownwords.Whileitislegaltocopy
word-for-wordifitisproperlycited,thisisusuallypoorwritingstyleanditisnotallowedinthiscourse.Inadditionto
rewording,youmustalsostatewheretheinformationcamefrom.Forpurposesofthiscourse,itisnotnecessarytostate
thesourceofinformationobtainedfromthecoursetextbookorTheBiologyWeb.Allothersourcesofinformationshould
beidentified.
Assignmentssubmittedinclassaredueatthebeginningofclassontheduedate.Assignmentsthatareturnedinafterclass
hasstartedontheduedatewillbeconsidered1daylate.Assignmentssubmittedonlinemustbesubmittedbefore
midnightontheduedate.
Scoresonallassignmentsexcepttheformallabreportwillbereducedby10%oftheirtotalpossiblepointvalueiftheyare
onedaylateand20%iftheyaretwodayslate.Theywillnotbeacceptedaftertwodays.Scoresontheformallabreport
willbereduced1%foreachdaylate.Allassignmentsandmake-upexamsmustbecompletedbeforefinalsweekbegins.
Attendance
Theinstructorreservestherighttowithdrawstudentsthatmissmorethan8classes(includinglabs)ormorethan2labs.
Thelaboratoryclassisdesignedtoprovidehands-onlearningexperiences.Studentswilllearnbasiclaboratoryskillswhile
reinforcingconceptslearnedinlecture.Toalargeextent,gradesinthelaboratorywillreflectparticipationandlaboratory
skillsacquired,soitisimportantthatstudentsdonotmisslaboratoryexercises.
Absencescannotbemadeup.Thisincludesabsencesfromthelaboratoryorfromlectureclasses.
Studentsarerequiredtoattendlectureandlaboratoryclassesfortheentireperiod.Studentsthatarrivelateorleaveearly
willbemarkedasabsent.Similarly,studentsthatsleepduringclassordonotparticipateinclassactivitieswillbemarkedas
absent.
ExtraCredit
Extracreditisnotavailableinthiscourse.Thetopicsandassignmentslistedinthesyllabushavebeenselectedasthebest
waytomeetthecourseobjectives.
E-mailCommunication
Studentsareencouragedtomaintainfrequentcommunicationwiththeirinstructor.E-mailisaconvenientwaytoask
questionsaboutanyofthematerialcoveredinthecourse.Pleaseaskquestionsonanymaterialthatisnotclearly
understood.
E-mailfromstudentsshouldcontainaminimumlevelofprofessionalcourtesy.Forexample,itshouldnotcontain
abbreviationssuchas"u"insteadof"you"anditshouldnotcontainincorrectcapitalizationsuchas"i"insteadof"I."
Sentencesshouldbeginwithacapitalletterandendwithaperiod.Theinstructorwillnotreadorreplytoe-mailmessages
thatcontainthesegrammaticalerrors.
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AcademicIntegrity
AcademichonestyisexpectedofallClintonCommunityCollegestudents.Itisdishonesttomisrepresentanotherperson’s
workasone’sown,totakecreditforsomeoneelse’sworkorideas,toaccepthelponatest,toobtainadvanced
informationonconfidentialtestmaterials,ortointentionallyharmanotherstudent’schancesforacademicsuccess.
StudentswithDisabilities
Ifyouhave,orsuspectthatyoumayhaveanytypeofdisabilityorlearningproblemthatmayrequireextraassistanceor
specialaccommodations,pleasespeakwithmeprivatelyafterclassorduringmyofficehoursassoonaspossiblesothatI
canhelpyouobtainanyassistanceyoumayneedtosuccessfullycompletethiscourse.YoushouldalsocontactLaurie
Bethka,EXT252(room420M)forfurtherassistance.
CourseContinuityPlan
Inthecasethatthecollegeofficiallyclosesbecauseofanemergencythatcausesashort-termdisruptionofthiscourse,we
willusee-mailtocontinuethiscourseintheshortterm(1-3weeks).Allstudentsmustusetheircampuse-mailtoreceive
courserelatedinformation.
TutoringCenter
TheTutoringCenterprovidestutoringservicesforallstudentsenrolledatClintonCommunityCollege.TheTutoringCenter
staffworkswithstudentstodevelopstudyskillsandstrategiesforacademicsuccess.Tutorsareavailabletoassiststudents
inmath,science,writing,reading,computersandsomespecializedtechnologycourses.TheCenter,locatedonthe4thfloor
ofthemainbuildingroom412M,offersindividualandsmallgrouptutoringservices.Onlinetutoringisalsoavailable.For
moreinformationaboutthetutoringschedulegotohttp://www.clinton.edu/tutoringcenter/tutorschedule.cxml.
Changes
Thedetailsofthissyllabus,includingtopicscovered,calendar,grading,gradingscale,andattendancepolicyaresubjectto
change.Changesinthegradingscalewillbelimitedtothosethatresultinimproved(curved)grades.Youwillbeinformed
inclassofanychanges.AllchangestothesyllabuswillalsobepostedontheInternetinTheBiologyWeb.
TechnologyStatement
ACCCstudentshouldexpectthatanyclassmayrequiresomecourseactivitythatusesacomputerandthe
internet.Activitiescouldincludebutarenotlimitedtoaccessingthecoursesyllabus,schedule,orotherhandoutsona
website,completinghomeworkonline,takingquizzesorsubmittingwrittenwork,participatinginadiscussionor
sending/receivingemail.
CourseObjectives
Astheresultofinstructionalactivities,studentswillbeableto:
1. Compareandcontrastthestructureandfunctionofprokaryoticandeukaryoticcells.
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Compareprokaryoticandeukaryoticcells.
Compareplantandanimalcellstructuresandtheirfunctions.
2. Demonstratetheproperuseofcompoundanddissectingmicroscopes.
3. Explainthestructureandfunctionofthefourmajorclassesofbiologicalmolecules.
4. Describecellmembranestructureandfunctioninactive,passive,andfacilitatedtransport.
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5. Describehowthephysicalandchemicalenvironmentaffectsenzymeactivity.
6. Explaintheprocessesofphotosynthesisandcellularrespirationandtheirrelationshiptoeachother.
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Describehowplantsmodifytheirenvironment(photosynthesis)
Describetheprocessofcellularrespiration
Explaintherelationshipbetweenphotosynthesisandcellularrespiration
Describetheprocessofchemiosmoticphosphorylation
7. ExplainhowgeneticinformationisstoredinDNAandtranslatedintoprotein.
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ComparethemolecularstructuresofDNAandRNA.
DescribeDNAsynthesis.
Describetranscriptionandtranslation.
Describethestructureofchromosomes.
8. Describethemechanicsofmitosisandmeiosisandtherelationshipoftheseprocessestoreproductionandfunction.
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Describethebeginningandendingproductsofmitosis,includingtherelationshipofthisprocesstogrowth,repair,
andchromosomenumber.
Identifyanddescribethestagesforthecellcycle
Describethebeginningandendingproductsofmeiosis,includingtherelationshipofthisprocesstoreproduction,
heredity,variation,andreductionofchromosomenumber.
9. Describethemechanismofoperationofthefollowingkindsofreceptors:G-proteinlinked,tyrosinekinase,ionchannel.
10.ExplaintheroleofcAMP,phosphodiesterase,proteinkinases,andproteinphosphatesinsignaltransduction.
11.ApplygeneticprinciplestosimpleMendelianandnon-Mendelianinheritanceproblemsandconcepts.
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Applygeneticprinciplestosimpleinheritanceproblems/conceptsincludingmonohybridanddihybridcrosses
Describenon-Mendelianinheritanceincludingincompletedominance,codominance,multiplealleles,pleiotrophy,
epistasis,genomicimprinting,polygeneticinheritance
Compareandcontrasttherelationshipbetweenmutationsandgeneticdisorders
Usepedigrees/karyotypestoexaminetheinheritanceofgeneticdisorders.
12.Explainadvantagesanddisadvantagesofusinggeneticengineeringtechniquestodayinplants,humansandother
animalsandtheethicalissuesrelatedtobiotechnology.
LabObjectives
Thelaboratoryexperiencewillreinforcebiologicalconceptsandlaboratoryskills.Studentswill:
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Compareprokaryoticandeukaryoticorganisms.
Investigateplantpigmentsandphotosyntheticprocessesinplants.
Comparecellularrespirationandphotosyntheticprocessesusingavarietyoforganisms.
Investigateenvironmentaleffectsonenzymecatalysis.
Investigatemitoticandmeioticcellularprocesses.
ExploreDNAbiotechnology,itsrealworldapplications,andtheuseofelectrophoresisandrecombinantDNA
technologytoinvestigatetheseapplications.
Analyzedatafromgeneticcrossestoinvestigateindependentassortmentoftwogenes.
Investigategenestodetermineautosomalorsex-linkedinheritance.
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Demonstrateunderstandingofoperatingandusingavarietyofinstrumentationnormallyexpectedtobeusedina
biologylaboratorysettingincluding:
o HorizontalGelElectrophoresis
o CompoundMicroscopes
o Micropipettes
o Verniersoftwareorcomparabledatacollectionsoftware
o Spectrophotometers
Uselabdocumentationtorecordalldataandscientificinformationinaboundnotebook.
Solveproblemsusingtheprocessofscientificinquiryduringlaboratoryexperimentationincluding:
o Developinghypothesesbasedontheobservationofnaturalphenomena.
o Designinganexperimentbasedonatestablehypothesis.
o Conductinganexperimentusinganappropriateexperimentaldesign.
o Recordingandorganizingdataresultingfromquantitativemeasurementusingtablesandgraphs.
o Performingappropriatestatisticalanalysesonthedata.
o Summarizingthedatausinggraphs,tables,anddescriptivestatistics.
o Communicatingthroughwritingtheresultsofascientificinvestigationusingscientificargumentsand
explanations.
SUNYGeneralEducationKnowledgeAreaLearningOutcomes
Studentswilldemonstratetheabilityto:
1.understandthemethodsscientistsusetoexplorenaturalphenomena,including:
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observation
hypothesisdevelopment
measurementanddatacollection
experimentation
evaluationofevidence
employmentofmathematicalanalysis
2.applyscientificdata,conceptsandmodelsinoneofthenaturalsciences
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